require(abind)
# will load abind library

array(vector, dim=c(8,8,n)
#make a 3d matrix from a vector c(temperature data) dimensions 8x8x number of time units)
# all the temperatures must be the same n length. Put end to end. In the order they will
# appear in the matrix. This will populate (1,1,1):(1,1,n), then (1,2,1):(1,2,n), etc until (8,8,1):(8,8,n)
